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package org.w3c.dom;

/**
 * The <code>Node</code> interface is the primary datatype for the entire 
 * Document Object Model. It represents a single node in the document tree. 
 * While all objects implementing the <code>Node</code> interface expose 
 * methods for dealing with children, not all objects implementing the 
 * <code>Node</code> interface may have children. For example, 
 * <code>Text</code> nodes may not have children, and adding children to 
 * such nodes results in a <code>DOMException</code> being raised.
 * <p>The attributes <code>nodeName</code>, <code>nodeValue</code> and 
 * <code>attributes</code> are included as a mechanism to get at node 
 * information without casting down to the specific derived interface. In 
 * cases where there is no obvious mapping of these attributes for a 
 * specific <code>nodeType</code> (e.g., <code>nodeValue</code> for an 
 * <code>Element</code> or <code>attributes</code> for a <code>Comment</code>
 * ), this returns <code>null</code>. Note that the specialized interfaces 
 * may contain additional and more convenient mechanisms to get and set the 
 * relevant information.
 * <p>The values of <code>nodeName</code>, 
 * <code>nodeValue</code>, and <code>attributes</code> vary according to the 
 * node type as follows: 
 * <table border='1' cellpadding='3'>
 * <tr>
 * <th>Interface</th>
 * <th>nodeName</th>
 * <th>nodeValue</th>
 * <th>attributes</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>Attr</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as <code>Attr.name</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as 
 * <code>Attr.value</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>CDATASection</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>"#cdata-section"</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as <code>CharacterData.data</code>, the 
 * content of the CDATA Section</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>Comment</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>"#comment"</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as <code>CharacterData.data</code>, the 
 * content of the comment</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>Document</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>"#document"</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>DocumentFragment</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>"#document-fragment"</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>DocumentType</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as 
 * <code>DocumentType.name</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>Element</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as <code>Element.tagName</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>NamedNodeMap</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>Entity</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>entity name</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>EntityReference</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>name of entity referenced</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>Notation</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>notation name</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>null</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>ProcessingInstruction</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same 
 * as <code>ProcessingInstruction.target</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as 
 * <code>ProcessingInstruction.data</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>Text</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
 * <code>"#text"</code></td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>same as <code>CharacterData.data</code>, the content 
 * of the text node</td>
 * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>null</code></td>
 * </tr>
 * </table> 
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification</a> and the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
 */
public interface Node {
    // NodeType
    /**
     * The node is an <code>Element</code>.
     */
    public static final short ELEMENT_NODE              = 1;
    /**
     * The node is an <code>Attr</code>.
     */
    public static final short ATTRIBUTE_NODE            = 2;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>Text</code> node.
     */
    public static final short TEXT_NODE                 = 3;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>CDATASection</code>.
     */
    public static final short CDATA_SECTION_NODE        = 4;
    /**
     * The node is an <code>EntityReference</code>.
     */
    public static final short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE     = 5;
    /**
     * The node is an <code>Entity</code>.
     */
    public static final short ENTITY_NODE               = 6;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>ProcessingInstruction</code>.
     */
    public static final short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>Comment</code>.
     */
    public static final short COMMENT_NODE              = 8;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>Document</code>.
     */
    public static final short DOCUMENT_NODE             = 9;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>DocumentType</code>.
     */
    public static final short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE        = 10;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>DocumentFragment</code>.
     */
    public static final short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE    = 11;
    /**
     * The node is a <code>Notation</code>.
     */
    public static final short NOTATION_NODE             = 12;

    /**
     * The name of this node, depending on its type; see the table above. 
     * @return the name of this node
     */
    public String getNodeName();

    /**
     * The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above. 
     * When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it has no effect.
     * @return a String containing the value of this node
     * @exception DOMException
     *   DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than 
     *   fit in a <code>DOMString</code> variable on the implementation 
     *   platform.
     */
    public String getNodeValue()
                                 throws DOMException;

    /**
     * The value of this node, depending on its type; see the table above. 
     * When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it has no effect,
     * including if the node is read-only.
     * @param nodeValue the value of the node
     * @exception DOMException
     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly  and if 
     *   it is not defined to be <code>null</code>.
     */
    public void setNodeValue(String nodeValue)
                                 throws DOMException;

    /**
     * A code representing the type of the underlying object, as defined above.
     * @return A code representing the type of the underlying object
     */
    public short getNodeType();

    /**
     * The parent of this node. All nodes, except <code>Attr</code>, 
     * <code>Document</code>, <code>DocumentFragment</code>, 
     * <code>Entity</code>, and <code>Notation</code> may have a parent. 
     * However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the 
     * tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, this is 
     * <code>null</code>.
     * @return The parent of this node, or <code>null</code>
     */
    public Node getParentNode();

    /**
     * A <code>NodeList</code> that contains all children of this node. If 
     * there are no children, this is a <code>NodeList</code> containing no 
     * nodes.
     * @return A <code>NodeList</code> that contains all children of this node.
     */
    public NodeList getChildNodes();

    /**
     * The first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns 
     * <code>null</code>.
     * @return The first child of this node or <code>null</code>
     */
    public Node getFirstChild();

    /**
     * The last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns 
     * <code>null</code>.
     * @return The last child of this node or <code>null</code>.
     */
    public Node getLastChild();

    /**
     * The node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, 
     * this returns <code>null</code>.
     * @return The node immediately preceding this node or <code>null</code>
     */
    public Node getPreviousSibling();

    /**
     * The node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, 
     * this returns <code>null</code>.
     * @return The node immediately following this node or <code>null</code>
     */
    public Node getNextSibling();

    /**
     * A <code>NamedNodeMap</code> containing the attributes of this node (if 
     * it is an <code>Element</code>) or <code>null</code> otherwise. 
     * @return A <code>NamedNodeMap</code> containing the attributes of this node, or  <code>null</code>
     */
    public NamedNodeMap getAttributes();

    /**
     * The <code>Document</code> object associated with this node. This is 
     * also the <code>Document</code> object used to create new nodes. When 
     * this node is a <code>Document</code> or a <code>DocumentType</code> 
     * which is not used with any <code>Document</code> yet, this is 
     * <code>null</code>.
     * @return The <code>Document</code> object associated with this node, or <code>null</code>
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public Document getOwnerDocument();

    /**
     * Inserts the node <code>newChild</code> before the existing child node 
     * <code>refChild</code>. If <code>refChild</code> is <code>null</code>, 
     * insert <code>newChild</code> at the end of the list of children.
     * <br>If <code>newChild</code> is a <code>DocumentFragment</code> object, 
     * all of its children are inserted, in the same order, before 
     * <code>refChild</code>. If the <code>newChild</code> is already in the 
     * tree, it is first removed.
     * <p ><b>Note:</b>  Inserting a node before itself is implementation 
     * dependent. 
     * @param newChild The node to insert.
     * @param refChild The reference node, i.e., the node before which the new 
     *   node must be inserted.
     * @return The node being inserted.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not 
     *   allow children of the type of the <code>newChild</code> node, or if 
     *   the node to insert is one of this node's ancestors  or this node 
     *   itself, or if this node is of type <code>Document</code> and the 
     *   DOM application attempts to insert a second 
     *   <code>DocumentType</code> or <code>Element</code> node.
     *   <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newChild</code> was created 
     *   from a different document than the one that created this node.
     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly or 
     *   if the parent of the node being inserted is readonly.
     *   <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if <code>refChild</code> is not a child of 
     *   this node.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: if this node is of type <code>Document</code>, 
     *   this exception might be raised if the DOM implementation doesn't 
     *   support the insertion of a <code>DocumentType</code> or 
     *   <code>Element</code> node.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Node insertBefore(Node newChild, 
                             Node refChild)
                             throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Replaces the child node <code>oldChild</code> with <code>newChild</code>
     *  in the list of children, and returns the <code>oldChild</code> node.
     * <br>If <code>newChild</code> is a <code>DocumentFragment</code> object, 
     * <code>oldChild</code> is replaced by all of the 
     * <code>DocumentFragment</code> children, which are inserted in the 
     * same order. If the <code>newChild</code> is already in the tree, it 
     * is first removed.
     * @param newChild The new node to put in the child list.
     * @param oldChild The node being replaced in the list.
     * @return The node replaced.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not 
     *   allow children of the type of the <code>newChild</code> node, or if 
     *   the node to put in is one of this node's ancestors or this node 
     *   itself, or if this node is of type <code>Document</code> and the 
     *   result of the replacement operation would add a second 
     *   <code>DocumentType</code> or <code>Element</code> on the 
     *   <code>Document</code> node.
     *   <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newChild</code> was created 
     *   from a different document than the one that created this node.
     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node or the parent of 
     *   the new node is readonly.
     *   <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if <code>oldChild</code> is not a child of 
     *   this node.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: if this node is of type <code>Document</code>, 
     *   this exception might be raised if the DOM implementation doesn't 
     *   support the replacement of the <code>DocumentType</code> child or 
     *   <code>Element</code> child.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Node replaceChild(Node newChild, 
                             Node oldChild)
                             throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Removes the child node indicated by <code>oldChild</code> from the list 
     * of children, and returns it.
     * @param oldChild The node being removed.
     * @return The node removed.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
     *   <br>NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if <code>oldChild</code> is not a child of 
     *   this node.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: if this node is of type <code>Document</code>, 
     *   this exception might be raised if the DOM implementation doesn't 
     *   support the removal of the <code>DocumentType</code> child or the 
     *   <code>Element</code> child.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Node removeChild(Node oldChild)
                            throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Adds the node <code>newChild</code> to the end of the list of children 
     * of this node. If the <code>newChild</code> is already in the tree, it 
     * is first removed.
     * @param newChild The node to add.If it is a <code>DocumentFragment</code>
     *   object, the entire contents of the document fragment are moved 
     *   into the child list of this node
     * @return The node added.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not 
     *   allow children of the type of the <code>newChild</code> node, or if 
     *   the node to append is one of this node's ancestors or this node 
     *   itself, or if this node is of type <code>Document</code> and the 
     *   DOM application attempts to append a second 
     *   <code>DocumentType</code> or <code>Element</code> node.
     *   <br>WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if <code>newChild</code> was created 
     *   from a different document than the one that created this node.
     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly or 
     *   if the previous parent of the node being inserted is readonly.
     *   <br>NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: if the <code>newChild</code> node is a child 
     *   of the <code>Document</code> node, this exception might be raised 
     *   if the DOM implementation doesn't support the removal of the 
     *   <code>DocumentType</code> child or <code>Element</code> child.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Node appendChild(Node newChild)
                            throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Returns whether this node has any children.
     * @return  <code>true</code> if this node has any children, 
     *   <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean hasChildNodes();

    /**
     * Returns a duplicate of this node, i.e., serves as a generic copy 
     * constructor for nodes. The duplicate node has no parent (
     * <code>parentNode</code> is <code>null</code>) and no user data. User 
     * data associated to the imported node is not carried over. However, if 
     * any <code>UserDataHandlers</code> has been specified along with the 
     * associated data these handlers will be called with the appropriate 
     * parameters before this method returns.
     * <br>Cloning an <code>Element</code> copies all attributes and their 
     * values, including those generated by the XML processor to represent 
     * defaulted attributes, but this method does not copy any children it 
     * contains unless it is a deep clone. This includes text contained in 
     * an the <code>Element</code> since the text is contained in a child 
     * <code>Text</code> node. Cloning an <code>Attr</code> directly, as 
     * opposed to be cloned as part of an <code>Element</code> cloning 
     * operation, returns a specified attribute (<code>specified</code> is 
     * <code>true</code>). Cloning an <code>Attr</code> always clones its 
     * children, since they represent its value, no matter whether this is a 
     * deep clone or not. Cloning an <code>EntityReference</code> 
     * automatically constructs its subtree if a corresponding 
     * <code>Entity</code> is available, no matter whether this is a deep 
     * clone or not. Cloning any other type of node simply returns a copy of 
     * this node.
     * <br>Note that cloning an immutable subtree results in a mutable copy, 
     * but the children of an <code>EntityReference</code> clone are readonly
     * . In addition, clones of unspecified <code>Attr</code> nodes are 
     * specified. And, cloning <code>Document</code>, 
     * <code>DocumentType</code>, <code>Entity</code>, and 
     * <code>Notation</code> nodes is implementation dependent.
     * @param deep If <code>true</code>, recursively clone the subtree under 
     *   the specified node; if <code>false</code>, clone only the node 
     *   itself (and its attributes, if it is an <code>Element</code>).
     * @return The duplicate node.
     */
    public Node cloneNode(boolean deep);

    /**
     * Puts all <code>Text</code> nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree 
     * underneath this <code>Node</code>, including attribute nodes, into a 
     * "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, 
     * processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) 
     * separates <code>Text</code> nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent 
     * <code>Text</code> nodes nor empty <code>Text</code> nodes. This can 
     * be used to ensure that the DOM view of a document is the same as if 
     * it were saved and re-loaded, and is useful when operations (such as 
     * XPointer [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-framework-20030325/'>XPointer</a>]
     * lookups) that depend on a particular document tree 
     * structure are to be used. 
     * <p><b>Note:</b> In cases where the document contains 
     * <code>CDATASections</code>, the normalize operation alone may not be 
     * sufficient, since XPointers do not differentiate between 
     * <code>Text</code> nodes and <code>CDATASection</code> nodes.
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public void normalize();

    /**
     * Tests whether the DOM implementation implements a specific feature and 
     * that feature is supported by this node.
     * @param feature The name of the feature to test. This is the same name 
     *   which can be passed to the method <code>hasFeature</code> on 
     *   <code>DOMImplementation</code>.
     * @param version This is the version number of the feature to test. In 
     *   Level 2, version 1, this is the string "2.0". If the version is not 
     *   specified, supporting any version of the feature will cause the 
     *   method to return <code>true</code>.
     * @return Returns <code>true</code> if the specified feature is 
     *   supported on this node, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public boolean isSupported(String feature, 
                               String version);

    /**
     * The namespace URI of this node, or <code>null</code> if it is 
     * unspecified.
     * <br>This is not a computed value that is the result of a namespace 
     * lookup based on an examination of the namespace declarations in 
     * scope. It is merely the namespace URI given at creation time.
     * <br>For nodes of any type other than <code>ELEMENT_NODE</code> and 
     * <code>ATTRIBUTE_NODE</code> and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 
     * method, such as <code>Document.createElement</code>, this is always
     * <code>null</code>.
     * <p><b>Note:</b> Per the <em>Namespaces in XML</em> Specification [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>]
     *  an attribute does not inherit 
     * its namespace from the element it is attached to. If an attribute is 
     * not explicitly given a namespace, it simply has no namespace.
     * @return  The namespace URI of this node, or <code>null</code>
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public String getNamespaceURI();

    /**
     * The namespace prefix of this node, or <code>null</code> if it is 
     * unspecified. When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it 
     * has no effect, including if the node is read-only.
     * <br>Note that setting this attribute, when permitted, changes the 
     * <code>nodeName</code> attribute, which holds the qualified name, as 
     * well as the <code>tagName</code> and <code>name</code> attributes of 
     * the <code>Element</code> and <code>Attr</code> interfaces, when 
     * applicable.
     * <br>Setting the prefix to <code>null</code> makes it unspecified, 
     * setting it to an empty string is implementation dependent.
     * <br>Note also that changing the prefix of an attribute that is known to 
     * have a default value, does not make a new attribute with the default 
     * value and the original prefix appear, since the 
     * <code>namespaceURI</code> and <code>localName</code> do not change.
     * <br>For nodes of any type other than <code>ELEMENT_NODE</code> and 
     * <code>ATTRIBUTE_NODE</code> and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 
     * method, such as <code>createElement</code> from the 
     * <code>Document</code> interface, this is always <code>null</code>.
     * @return The namespace prefix of this node, or <code>null</code>
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public String getPrefix();

    /**
     * The namespace prefix of this node, or <code>null</code> if it is 
     * unspecified. When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it 
     * has no effect, including if the node is read-only. 
     * <i>Note: This means that the value of the prefix is not changed
     * and no exception is thrown in the case where the node is read-only.</i>
     * <br>Note that setting this attribute, when permitted, changes the 
     * <code>nodeName</code> attribute, which holds the qualified name, as 
     * well as the <code>tagName</code> and <code>name</code> attributes of 
     * the <code>Element</code> and <code>Attr</code> interfaces, when 
     * applicable.
     * <br>Setting the prefix to <code>null</code> makes it unspecified, 
     * setting it to an empty string is implementation dependent.
     * <br>Note also that changing the prefix of an attribute that is known to 
     * have a default value, does not make a new attribute with the default 
     * value and the original prefix appear, since the 
     * <code>namespaceURI</code> and <code>localName</code> do not change.
     * <i>Note: The prefix will thereby not be changed.</i>
     * <br>For nodes of any type other than <code>ELEMENT_NODE</code> and 
     * <code>ATTRIBUTE_NODE</code> and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 
     * method, such as <code>createElement</code> from the 
     * <code>Document</code> interface, this is always <code>null</code>.
     * <i>Note: This also means that the implementation will not throw any
     * exception.</i>
     * 
     * @param prefix This node namespace prefix.
     * @exception DOMException
     *   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if the specified prefix contains an 
     *   illegal character according to the XML version in use (1.0 for
     *   JSR 280).
     *   <br>NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly.
     *   <br>NAMESPACE_ERR: Raised if the specified <code>prefix</code> is 
     *   malformed per the Namespaces in XML specification, if the 
     *   <code>namespaceURI</code> of this node is  <code>null</code>, if the
     *   specified prefix is "xml" and the <code>namespaceURI</code> of this 
     *   node is different from "<a href='http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace'>
     *   http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</a>" , if this node is an attribute 
     *   and the specified prefix is "xmlns" and the <code>namespaceURI</code> of
     *   this node is different from
     *   "<a href='http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/'>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/</a>", 
     *   or if this node is an attribute and the <code>qualifiedName</code> of this 
     *   node is "xmlns"  
     *   [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/'>XML Namespaces</a>].
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public void setPrefix(String prefix)
                               throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Returns the local part of the qualified name of this node.
     * <br>For nodes of any type other than <code>ELEMENT_NODE</code> and 
     * <code>ATTRIBUTE_NODE</code> and nodes created with a DOM Level 1 
     * method, such as <code>Document.createElement</code>, this is always
     * <code>null</code>.
     * @return the local part of the qualified name of this node
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public String getLocalName();

    /**
     * Returns whether this node (if it is an element) has any attributes.
     * @return <code>true</code> if this node has any attributes, 
     *   <code>false</code> otherwise.
     * @since DOM Level 2
     */
    public boolean hasAttributes();

    /**
     * This attribute returns the text content of this node and its 
     * descendants. When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it 
     * has no effect. On setting, any possible children this node may have 
     * are removed and, if it the new string is not empty or 
     * <code>null</code>, replaced by a single <code>Text</code> node 
     * containing the string this attribute is set to. 
     * <br> On getting, no serialization is performed, the returned string 
     * does not contain any markup. No whitespace normalization is performed 
     * and the returned string does not contain the white spaces in element 
     * content (see the attribute 
     * <code>Text.isElementContentWhitespace</code>). Similarly, on setting, 
     * no parsing is performed either, the input string is taken as pure 
     * textual content. 
     * <br>The string returned is made of the text content of this node 
     * depending on its type, as defined below: 
     * <table border='1' cellpadding='3'>
     * <tr>
     * <th>Node type</th>
     * <th>Content</th>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
     * ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, 
     * DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>concatenation of the <code>textContent</code> 
     * attribute value of every child node, excluding COMMENT_NODE and 
     * PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE nodes. This is the empty string if the 
     * node has no children.</td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, 
     * PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>nodeValue</code></td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>DOCUMENT_NODE, 
     * DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><em>null</em></td>
     * </tr>
     * </table>
     * @return a String containing the text content of this node and its descendants
     * @exception DOMException
     *   DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than 
     *   fit in a <code>DOMString</code> variable on the implementation 
     *   platform.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public String getTextContent()
                               throws DOMException;
    /**
     * This attribute returns the text content of this node and its 
     * descendants. When it is defined to be <code>null</code>, setting it 
     * has no effect. On setting, any possible children this node may have 
     * are removed and, if it the new string is not empty or 
     * <code>null</code>, replaced by a single <code>Text</code> node 
     * containing the string this attribute is set to. 
     * <br> On getting, no serialization is performed, the returned string 
     * does not contain any markup. No whitespace normalization is performed 
     * and the returned string does not contain the white spaces in element 
     * content (see the attribute 
     * <code>Text.isElementContentWhitespace</code>). Similarly, on setting, 
     * no parsing is performed either, the input string is taken as pure 
     * textual content. 
     * <br>The string returned is made of the text content of this node 
     * depending on its type, as defined below: 
     * <table border='1' cellpadding='3'>
     * <tr>
     * <th>Node type</th>
     * <th>Content</th>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>
     * ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, 
     * DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>concatenation of the <code>textContent</code> 
     * attribute value of every child node, excluding COMMENT_NODE and 
     * PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE nodes. This is the empty string if the 
     * node has no children.</td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>TEXT_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, 
     * PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><code>nodeValue</code></td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'>DOCUMENT_NODE, 
     * DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE</td>
     * <td valign='top' rowspan='1' colspan='1'><em>null</em></td>
     * </tr>
     * </table>
     * @param textContent a String containing the new text content for this node
     * @exception DOMException
     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public void setTextContent(String textContent)
                               throws DOMException;

    /**
     *  This method returns a specialized object which implements the 
     * specialized APIs of the specified feature and version, as specified 
     * in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#DOMFeatures"> 
     * DOM Features</a>. The specialized object may also be obtained by using 
     * binding-specific casting methods but is not necessarily expected to, 
     * as discussed in <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#Embedded-DOM">
     * Mixed DOM Implementations</a>. This method also allows the implementation 
     * to provide specialized objects which do not support the <code>Node</code>
     * interface. 
     * <p><b>Note:</b> when using the methods that take a feature and a 
     * version as parameters, applications can use null or empty string 
     * for the version parameter if they don't wish to specify a particular
     * version for the specified feature.
     * @param feature  The name of the feature requested. Note that any plus 
     *   sign "+" prepended to the name of the feature will be ignored since 
     *   it is not significant in the context of this method. 
     * @param version  This is the version number of the feature to test. 
     * @return  Returns an object which implements the specialized APIs of 
     *   the specified feature and version, if any, or <code>null</code> if 
     *   there is no object which implements interfaces associated with that 
     *   feature. If the <code>DOMObject</code> returned by this method 
     *   implements the <code>Node</code> interface, it must delegate to the 
     *   primary core <code>Node</code> and not return results inconsistent 
     *   with the primary core <code>Node</code> such as attributes, 
     *   childNodes, etc. 
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Object getFeature(String feature, 
                             String version);

    /**
     * Associate an object to a key on this node. The object can later be 
     * retrieved from this node by calling <code>getUserData</code> with the 
     * same key.
     * @param key The key to associate the object to.
     * @param data The object to associate to the given key, or 
     *   <code>null</code> to remove any existing association to that key.
     * @param handler The handler to associate to that key, or 
     *   <code>null</code>.
     * @return Returns the <code>DOMUserData</code> previously associated to 
     *   the given key on this node, or <code>null</code> if there was none.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Object setUserData(String key, 
                              Object data, 
                              UserDataHandler handler);

    /**
     * Retrieves the object associated to a key on a this node. The object 
     * must first have been set to this node by calling 
     * <code>setUserData</code> with the same key.
     * @param key The key the object is associated to.
     * @return Returns the <code>DOMUserData</code> associated to the given 
     *   key on this node, or <code>null</code> if there was none.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    public Object getUserData(String key);

}
